The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • Page 6

THE WIIiKI-BABKE RECORD. FRIDAY MOBKIKG OOTOBEB 31, 1S90. 6 bunt Cm th top of other shops front In the street below, and access is gained to ANCIENT CHESTER, SOTte A HP MPWWQW. rragraai for itoWibkIlMi4iM tm Hat la Tkta City CWMmi. A literary and eompetitlve meeting will be held on Christmas Day, under the auspices of the Welsh Presbyterian Sunday school.

The following is the program: Rbyddlaith. (Essays). "Yrfangenrhetdr-wydd sydd an well Cart ddytgswl(iutriv. wv1 vn vr Tnool Rubhothnl" 2: "CvBVll- AN OLD TIME TO If ft WITH JU ODERM RE 3 TOR A TIOXX Ita Well Preserved Walls The Caatle and Cathedral Tha Carious "Itows" Qaalnt Handing- Theatrical In the old Days of Kncland. Special Boston Lrtter.l The season for European pilgrimaging is over for this yoar, and erhaps advice on the subject of European truvrl inst now is superfluous.

1 would advise everybody, however, when they visit England, not to fail to see "What docs one travel for? Tritlv. not to see what can le seen at liom. lit my rambles nbout.Engtand this Miiiumr I saw no town that charmed nio more than ancient Cliesier. tlad yr TsgolSal a'r "fa nn al Hag nea gwlrioneddol ydyw Llyf Job," SI; Cymraeg nenBeisneg cytyng dig 1 Fenywald "Canlynladaa eegealno dysgu plant yn addysg ag atbrawlaeth yr Arglwydd," Chweoh Reeymau dros i blant ac leuenetyd aland ao ysgrlfnn yn fymraeg, 1 "Arall-afrUd o'r 100 Psalm yn ol Ialth Gymraeg." Llyttayr caiu goreu ao i fod nodwedd dellwng, 1 Borddonlaeth. (Poetry).

Chweoh Phenill Coffidwrlaethol goreu lfr Parch John J. Hughes, Wlikes-Barre, Trl Pheaill jroreu l'r "Darn law ar galchlad pared." Trl PheniU goreu Vr "Bachgen Drwg," 1. Datganu. (Choral singing). Igoroblant dan 15 oed a gono yn oreu "Jerusalem mv lorlous Home," $10; 12 a gano yn oreu.

I'r Don "Syria" leuan Qwyllt, Gelriau "Os gwelr HI bechftdur," 4 a gano yn oreu "Ckxspel Belial o'r Gospel Hymns, page 235, ao. 1 (flwvirr al It mnr Thul. ''w f' bat woiirsACMEBackin6 This BranS of Flour is 1 1 If oo tol ynor rurUiam ai wfcli it. Kt. ji will.

tm Oi t'-rrtlmh win OuiS Cti (, Tin a nfiMiiMCiiUnin lime. them by flights of steps placed at frequent Intervals. You can walk on these elevated passage ways or streets for long distances. It is needless to say much of Chester Cathedral It lias been so often described and pictured that I presume erery schoolboy is familiar with in outlines and history. We know that it was originally the abbey of St Werburgh.

built for the llonedictive monks in 107-1 by Hugh Lupus, with St. Auselm as its patron, and that it has been added to at intervals, forming one of the most interesting of media'val architectural conglomerates It is well preserved, having been "restored." like everything else around Cheht-r, but not in a manner to change its original si.jn or npj "ar-Bnce. One can not stand in the ptvM-ncc of the old building without lieing impressed by its fastness and- uiiissivem-s-s and with the strength of the us sentiment thnt reared such mighty immortals of faith. Kqually impressive are the tombs and memorials with which the old (Jolhic structure- is tilled. One the most inteies-ling fcannes of Chester is the many curious and ancient buildings that line ilsslreets.

Yciy proud of those structures Iho arc. No change or alteration is made in llieni even the hand of Time i forbidd-u as far as jossille to touch them it li decay. Their quaint chimneys and gables nud curiously carved oak cornices and rim-ments attest their dignity and pride in their early days, and they still lear te-ti-liioiiy lolhe luxury of their ow tiers and the skill of their designer. To wander along one of these ancient streets of moonlit night when all hiitlc of business has at early inoni, fore the inn kel wagon have liegun to crowd the narrow ways, is to lo tmn--jHuted into a ghostly pail of Hi' duvviil Knjrl.iud one almost Made from best Dakota Wheat wilt approved Machinery. ON IK- wol.r? A Pbl'odoipbta.

hawdgar yw dy bebyll, 2 terch dan 15 oed a gano yn oreu "Oome unto Me o'r church choir, gwryw a ganoynoieu "Hlraeth" baritone yn A gan D. Jenkins, fenyw a gano yn oreu Fwyalchen" Bongs of Wales, gelriau "0 tryniau Caer-Ralem," I ferehed dan 15g oed a gano yn oreu "Not half has Ever been Told." 75 cents; hwn yn gano unawd rhoddedig ar prjd, Sol Fa neu Hen Nodi ant, $1. Adroddtadau. (Recitations Gwryw a adroddo yn oreu "Yr Iesu Vfrtho ei Hun" gan Teiyaog, I wrywald dros IS oed a adroddo yn oreu Chweched Benod Llyfr Daniel, ferch dan 18 oei a adroddo yn oreu Benod Gyntaf yn Llyfr Esalab, ferch dan 15eg oed adroddo yn oreu Cleon and I ferehed dros 15 oed a adroddo yn oreu "The Frost Spirit" Barnes New Na Capacity One Hundred Bamls rr i SOflTrS PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTE tional Fifth Reader, I fechgyn dan 18 WEST CHVKTER, CHKSTtR 4' 1 II FPR Truly ancient the town is. Thomas Fuller discourseth thus: "t'liester is a tine city, on the northeast side of tln river Doe, so ancient that the first founder thereof is forgotten.

It may have been a British town before tho Romans came; it was certainly an important II v-man station, as the plan of the city lenrs witness, t'easar's famous Tenth Legion was stationed at Chester. Ij(er. the Our new Buckwheat Flour is now in oed a adroddo yn oreu "Oref rid ar Ocshiwn rhlf 7. "BlodeuV Oae" 1875. $1 50; I fechgyn dan 18 oed a adroddo yn oreu "Crefydd ar ihlwn" rhlt 7, "Blodeu'r Oes" 1875 All rtiVkn.

50 cents. Emma ArPithCrt. Sarllnn. Orations and Read ing. -Araetb, Tftstun FrydlcsdpV amser? mynyd, Araeth Tetttn, AnllecVnoP market Buy it and use no other for pure and unadulterated.

poii monarch fciipir neiu in- couri them Yi-s, the town of Chester is old, and it is one of the few towns in Europe that carefully preserves the evidences of its DOES CURE CONSUMPTION MINER antiquity. It is a walled town, and its In Its First Stages. Bt tare om ffrt (lie ffrnninr. angenrneiaioi mewn Aroiygwr lsjrol Suldl fod yn llwyddianus Vr Bachgen dan 15ag oed a ddarlleno yn oreu 10 cyntaf o'r 139 Psalm, 50 cent'; I ferebfd dan 15eg oed oteu y2t Psalm, 50 csnt; i goreu a atebo nlfer Otynladau sr "Hanes Iesu Grist o'i Fedydd i'w Fartvo laeth" dan 18 oed, $1 50; I'r goreu a atebn nifler Ofyniadu ir "Hanes Grist o'i Fedydd lw Farwolaeth" dan 18 oed Ail Oreu, 50 cents; fachgen dan 20 oed, Dadl "Halogwr a Pharchwr Bibbo'h Elo)JcQr Oes, Medi, 1S75, I'r fenyw a Wftu yn oreu, Par Hosanau Gwlan, $1. There will b3.thre sea3i-ns, at 10 m.

2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Rev. E. J.

Morris will be president of the day. Adjudicator of ea.ays Rev. Gwrhyd Lewie; of music, Prof. J. J.

Davis of Plymouth; of recitation and reading, H. G. Williams of Plymouth and Rev. D. G.

Philips (rwllyddoti) of Bcranton: of knitting, Mrs. Richard Roderick and Mrs. Rees Morgan; chairman of committee. Richard S. Williams-, secretary, John D.

Walters. BETTER THAN EVER. ElY's CATAWRtt walls are in as pood state of preservation as if prepared now for a siege. JfWid Malls tluy are, from 5 to 8 feet thick, and their foundations are said to have been laid by the Romans. They are about two miles in circumference, and the Ruide books tell us that they are the mot perfect example of ancient walls to be found in England.

Just here is the charm of Chester. It is ancient, but not Its antiquity is bright and well preserved, and polished up for modern inspection. Its walls are not moss grown ruins, but, ancient as they are, look bright and stanch, and are as complete as Ihey were in the days of Hugh Lupus and William -the Conqueror. And they always will be complete, for their summit is a leautiful promenade from the parapets of which can le obtained the CREAHBALM lit s-rv r. c.tiifii:i.

rDrjTciMU Olcansen the poets to see the old casiie gats open, and troois of bowmen and spearmen I Nasal PMiixct, with knights in chain armor anions AllaysPain and Tsui's what the People Say of the Weekly Record Oat To-day. them, and with Haunting banners mid HY FEVER i Inflainmat lor, Firs! Page Political notes General tele blasts of bugle match out to defend the walls against the attack of the vassals Heals IheBorrs, graphic news Grand Jury findings More of some rival feudal baron. Restores the electric roads Accidents by gas and fire A Chester was famous in ancient times Sense of Taste piece of wood in his skull Clearing the Hunt mine Explosion at Forty Fort. anil Smell. for its miracle plays, or mysteries, known to historv as the "Chester l'lavs." These LINE'S CHINA PAEACE Second Page Talmage's -sermon The Dead Sea andJordan Stole a woman's who have leen to upper ll.ivaria to mh TRY THE CURE.

HAY-FEVER the modern "miracle play" ill be inter hand. Third Page International Sunday School lesson The people will vote The Demorest A iart1ol pilled Into era notrH and MgrAli. vtiat- ceuta at lruflit; ty mall rerlMr4. itnii. Kl.T HKOTHKKB, Warren Sow Tork.

ested in the fact that the Chester plays began over three centuries lie fore the OlMManuiiergau representation had its eonteet Contributions to the Home Con 2( South Main Street NEW FALL GOODS. vention of borough delegates Dr. Phillips' origin. These plays were seen at Whitsuntide, New China Sets and a General line in Glass. Cmcktrv and they began in l'JCS, when John T- -t' I Arnway was mayor of Chester, and rumisning oooas.

wnitcnina for decorators thr there were 1.000 days of pardon for apartment ever shown in Wilkes-Banc. All the Latest Shapes. evorv person resorting in peaceable manner with good devotion to hear and see the said plavs from time to time." Telephone 304. KLIN; l'or this privilege the peaceable and devout people had to thank c-ir Henry lareweii sermon. Fourth Page Editorial Telegraph Shonk and tne corporations A card Irom Patrick Lsvelle Campaign notes Gresk Catholic Conference The township schools The antl-iottery law The Y.

M. C. A Convention The preachers' meeting. Fifth Page Emery's great aide show A woman run down Tariff effects diFSoted Hungry Heptasophs The Edwardsville eisteddfod Women's foreign missionary convention The Forve-Stegmaler nuptials Death of Henry Frantz Correspondence. Sixth Page Anthracite Political notes A paper on mine accidents A fine concert They want the old line Reception to Rev.

T. C. Edwards The world of harmonies The robbers convicted Chairman MeixeMV little circular Injured in the mines dun-day Sohool convention. Seventh Page Social column Another school board St. Aloysius Society at Nantl-coke Death of Oven O'Neill Shonk and the Knights The Joaber Inquest Correspondence.

Eighth Paqe Brevities Personals- FALL CLOTHIN In ha1ul. TnlttT and iwrmanrnt rarv fnr Mrk Hradarhr. IUIIoaanra, Cnnailpailao, rra Deblltiv. Ilrlshla Ulaeaar. Hlabrlra m4 4a-amfillun.

It era tit rrrr r.a a all dlaraart cauftvl by an Itnpura atat uf tkr blood. FI.OR la a hil. watrt4 aa4 oawrftil rtra mcwi valuatila and nrt) kiHn In moitlral arttr. tfrfarad mu ilia prt-arripticn a n4l Knvhah Jiyirian. aod rom wha all mtir r-tnNli fail.

Tlnuanl chakicNaol and mranmi iMiinmnia' Irtwm ratfol tnia aa ba ahovp. Tb ft rt dw inu na wiU rniUw in Tir dmirrlat. purr-l. a tU, and bkCarad. Vala-airlr book Ivrr In alL AOdnaa, FRAKI.I HART.

Warrra Jlf York. Frances, a monk of their town, who gaine I it for litem from Pope Clement V. Hut it was nearly a century before the people could get permission of the-church to give their plays in English. It rives me nlatnr to annnnnr fKnt fullv Stoekl with the hanH Ttiev hail Itecu in Latin or French be w. a A I V-v'i 1 1 i 't i lllV-J I 1 I 1 I mm anu cnuuren ciouim, nais and lurmshmj: ccxxls 1 I I fore, and it wasouly after Ralph liigden had gone to Rome threo times for the purpose that ho was allowed to ronio tO'U t'7 Ntl Wolf- Co.

specialty of fine perfect fitting trousers, made by ikillcd CAUTION err alr In III aaaie aad arte at a an pea oa (loam. wniwra, every pair guaxanieea to not rip or shrink. OM WA1.1. ANP TOWER. nicst extensive views of one of the most lsautiful rural sections of England and the Chester authorities appreciate their sttinctiuis.

and littoral appropriations are oted yearly to kep tliem in All within these walls is ancient, but it i restored and refurbished antiquity. '-ry- stone is replaced at the first sign of crumbling itli a successor so like it that the diSTer- nee can uot Ikj detcctoL Tl.us the castle, one of the linest ancient fortifications in the world, built during the reign of William the Conqueror, and inhabited by a long nn -W llll C. Ik. DUIANT! No. 89 South Main Stroet Deeds recorded Tribute to a soldier Marriage licenses Court proceedings.

IM78IC HALL ATTRACTIONS The BUI of Varo Arraased for Theatra-Ooora for Novoashor. Wednesday, 5 Maggie Mitchell, In "Little Friday, 7 "Social Session Saturday, "Fat Men's Club." One week, 10 15 Zeda Tilbury dramatic company. Monday, 17 "Kaujauka." Tuesday, IS Star course leiture French. Wednesday, 19 Bardie Von Leer's "On the Frontier." Thursday. 20-Kelier, the magician.

Friday, 21 by the Enemy." Wednesday and Tnureday, 36 and 27 Robert DownlDR. Friday, 2S Harry Karnell's specialty com TUX I'iXEKlUTS line ot illustrious c-aris, is to-uay as perfect as if built last year, and is used as a shire hall and armory, as well as barracks. Chester loves its age, lut is like an old beau who is anxious to keep 'coal up the appearance of youth and vigcr not the voutli of the present, but of his Soft Sbell Crabs own eaiiv davs. Outside the circuit of sniroTE Tr.rcT. say that English red sandstone walls there may be modern and back might be cr ib progress, rows ot new ana a am WmjawtjBiaaaSt' 1-777 used.

The plays were stopjed W. L. DOUGLAS great railway station, but within antiquity and tradition have their home, AT tto cunc for but wear a well preserved air that takes one back to the fifteenth century WnVC CENTLEMEN. Flae Calf aa4 La ceo Wiitnraif tirala. Tbe cieellraeo and wmrta qnaUUM of thai oho raaooi ba beUar ibowi thutf aua OBOono- rtr- mm immi 1 -fat ''fTI laftlfl VlaVa 0 a.

tC-OO (Soaalao Raaaowoa, aa eWaat aa4 orrUaa dreaa fiboe wbich own ma a da ItaeU. AOQ HiiaUfWftl Welt. A bm calf taboo OLB-quaiil for atria aad darabUltf. 030 Qoooyear Welt aa tao ataaaard ortsaa 5" aopalar prtce. J-BO Polleoaaoo'o (iboo eTwUllr adapted a.

for railroad noa. faxmeea. etc. AD aiado la Ormrmaa. buUoa aa4 taoa.

SHOES baa baea maat faTorablr rarehred alar Istrodooad aad taa racoat taproTcoieau aiako laeaa aaportur to mJ7 aboe aold at Uu-w price. LW- aad If eaaaot aapplf yea aeftd f5t0V. oadoalaf advcrUaad price, or a poaLal for orOa LUaka. W. Im.

DOtGLAB, Bracalaa. Maaa. BENNEIT WALT Ell, 77 Public Sauare. TOWESD BbOHu. Wyomtar, r.

U.MACX:!T10HT.FlalBA.Ia. -nt and went on again in 10(H). The plays were performed under the patronage of the tradesmen's guilds, and the players trundled alxtut their theaters on wheels and delighted the gaping crowds with the representations of pretty nearly everything contained in Bible history. These carts pa gents. they used to call them, and we might almost call them "stage had two stories, the lower one screened from view and used for a dressing room, and the upper one for the acling.

Each band of tradesmen had its own of the scripture story assigned to it to play, and all performed at once in different parts of the town. They Ix'gan in the morning, and, when each little theatrieal company had given its bit of the play once, the carts were moved alxtut and the same representations were repeated. Then there was another movement, and so the people who had tho patience to stay in one place eventually saw all that was to be seen. It is probable that they did stay, for an old writer tells us that everything was "exceedingly orderly. My trip across tha water was a comparatively short one, and I did not make the mistake of trying to see too muck It is far better to give leisurely time to a restricted field in spots hallowed by historical and romantic associations than to try to cover Europe on the jump.

Kotiiii la E552I TiEE pany. Death of YVIUlaaa H. Jeaea. William H. Jones, aged 85 years, died yesterday, at Hanover Centre, of Bright die-ease.

He had been sick only three months. He was an extensive contractor, having successfully completed mine contracts for the Pennsylvania Coal Pitteton; AldenCoal Coal besides other contracts in Wyoming Valley. He was a native of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, England, but has resided in Wyoming Valley from his boyhood, and was great; esteemed by a large circle of relatives and friends. His mother died four weeks ago. His father, William Jonts, snrvlves him, and resides In Hanover Centre.

Deceased leavne a wife and four children to mourn his demisethree sons and a daughter. Funeral will take plica on Sunday at 1 p.m. Rev. L. E.

Van dosen will officiate. Interment at Hanover Green Cemetery, where the funeral services will be condu 3tad in tae Cemetery Chapel. Married la thai City. H. L.

Coleman, in the Postal Bail way Mail Barvlee between Bcranton and Northumberland, a son of 8. Bruoe Coleman or this city, was married yesterday evening at 8 o'clock to Miss Carrie Richards, alao this eity. Theoeremsny was performed at their own boms on Sooth Main St. by Rev. Dr.

F. B. Hodge. IoEtead of taking an extensive wedding trip they will at onoe triB hou e-feeeping at Ui air newly furnished bo on. Tae marriage was in a sens private, as tn'y the most inUmate relativHs ware present.

Tbe young people are popular amoug their fi rtec da in this who will wish rbem 'ear sailing over the billows tha: roil in life's sea. The moat remarkable cures of scrofula on 'cord hae been accomplished by Hood's BaraaparliU. Try it. gold by all Jf nebee good medicine for leet'e mooey, aid tea CLtcamMi BlTanoa Oil. a Parquet and Royal A som M.

A. BENNETT. Fine Wood Worker, 8fcop aai Offioe, 64 Hortb Street. WlLksa-BAIlRE. raaama.

ItaaU, aawtoc. CwrUf lbUet Wort. Kaat alrlji lHaiaaad Torimn fey UaanprcauK'y an aa.it a w. TT.WaITW UT EASTGATE STEEET. instead of preseutiug a shattered ruin of tliat era to our gaze.

There is little new in travel nowadays. One has read so often of the scenes he witnesses, or perchance has seen them pictured so perfectly, that he greets them rather as an acquaintance than as a stranger. But, while one may have read of the "rows, it would be hard to imagine anything like them. The two main streets in the old town cross each other at right angles in the center of the town, and they are sunk far below the lnrst inhahiLMi iiortiona of the Jmiiss A.a UOO OOtTXt CABLX LIGHTING BODS. Eltctrlc Faits.

A. C. Robertson 51 Wert Mirket StrtU. WALLACE WSSDISUB. PASlIX-t, BASQCm Kennedy's Catering Lringing back, as a friend of mine who ra aarai.

i Along the fronts of the houses, at what i trieJ M-T- "a confused jumble of we would call the second storv, are built as indefinite as a child's recollec- rood, tafelo aarrira. vtJtara. av. auppUa4 Ol a TOUT order ar An IK. I TttBF faTTli A takaaau ed.

if t. w. 'T roa aaav the rows' broad paved walks, with un ranonuria. shops flanking iLctu. These "rowo" ere Kennedy's Restaurant S27 WlHHtXnTnw irnr-a a cenis.

lr avery raapoct. a. a mi9.